The personal phone number of the professor, Samuel See, was reportedly listed advertising Ryan Cochran Escort Services in New Haven. As The Register reports:

The website Ryan Cochran Escort Services includes the same phone number listed on an order of protection filed against See in September. A profile photo on the Ryan Cochran Escort Service website matches the profile photograph on a LinkedIn account purporting to be See's. The website lists Cochran's home city as New Haven. A Facebook page with pictures resembling See and listed under the name Ryan Cochran includes See's home address.

The Register was unable to confirm what kind of connection — if any — See had to Ryan Cochran Escort Services.

See's death gained attention after he passed away last weekend in a NHPD jail cell after sustaining minor injuries in a domestic dispute with his estranged partner. It remains unclear as to why the rising academic suddenly died, and there is an active investigation into See's cause of death.